The Last Farmer
Neoliberism, globalization and the agriculture of farmers
a Giuliano Girelli documentary
(Indonesia, Guatemala, Burkina Faso, Italy 2011 - 90 min.)

Produced by Mais ong, as part of the Creating Coherence project financed by the European Commission. Co/produced by Associazione Documè and Babydoc Film

The agriculture of farmers produces food for 70% of the planet’s population, whereas industrial agriculture covers no more than 30% of it. Nonetheless 2.8 million people in the world live on less than 2 dollars a day. Most of these people are farmers or ex-farmers who now live in shanty towns of one of the big cities of the world. This documentary is about them, about globalization and therefore also about us.

The Last Farmer explores the dramatic consequences of neoliberism and of globalization on the lives of small farmers in the world and follows the unfolding of a day’s events for Baldomera in Guatemala, Agi in Indonesia and Aloise in Burkina Faso. It includes interviews with Luciano Gallino, Hira Jhamtani, Giorgio Cingolani, Magaly Rey Rosa, Mamadou Goita and Roberto Schellino.

Credits
direction: Giuliano Girelli

video Editing: Giuliano Girelli e Enrico Giovannone (babydoc film)

camerawork in Indonesia: Giuliano Girelli e Sara Scappin

camerawork in Guatemala: Victorino Tejaxun Alquijay

camerawork in Burkina Faso: Abdoul M. Compaore

camerawork in Italia: Giuliano Girelli e Francesco Bordino

audio mix: Niccolò Bosio

music: Giuliano Girelli and Niccolò Bosio

Farmers

Indonesia: I Ketut Sumiatra

Guatemala: Baldomera Xunic

Burkina faso: Eloïse Ouedraogo

Italy: Roberto Schellino

Experts

Italy: Prof.Luciano Gallino (sociologist, economist) and Giorgio Cingolani (agrarian economist)

Indonesia: Hira Jhamtani (environmental activist)

Guatemala: Magali Rey Rosa (environmental activist)

Mali: Mamadou Goïta (network of African farmer societies ROPPA)